Fence-machine



.(No Model.)

W. N. PARRISH;

FENCE MACHINE. No. 591,928. Patented Oct. 19.1897.

WITNESSES INVENTOR W -W I 1 J j 4 Z Atlamey UNITED STATES PATENT OF IC WILLIAM N. PARRISH, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

FENCE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591 ,928, dated October 19, 1897.

Application filed November 29, 1895. Serial No- 570,38l. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, WILLIAM N. PARRISH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rich mond, in the county of \Vayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of fence- 1nachines adapted to weave fences made wholly of vertical and horizontal wires woven together in squares; and it consists in certain peculiarities in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine which will be most simple, light, cheap and durable in construction, and quick and efiicient in its operation. This object is accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the wire-coiling devices swung back for operation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of same, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section of frame.

The frame or standard A is formed with the two longitudinally-extending sides 1 and 2, arranged at right angles with each other and edge to edge, and the rib or projection 3, extending outward from the junction of said sides. One of the sides 1 is formed with a series of horizontal slots or recesses at, which project inward from the longitudinal edge thereof and are designed to receive the horizontal wires 5 of the fence, as indicated in Fig. 2. Said side is further provided with thimbles 6 6, located above and below the end slots of the series, respectively, through which extends a removable rod B, which confines said horizontal wires within said slots. The frame preferably is mounted upon a horiframe, embodying an elbow-shaped arm E,

preferably having a handle 9 at its free end, whereby said frame or arm may be swung upward and laterally from said pivot in a direction approximately at right angles to the line of the horizontal wires of the fence, its

free end describing an arc of a circle. This arm is preferably provided with a knife-blade 15 and the standard with a similar blade 16, cooperatin g with each other to sever the vertical wire when it has been wound around the lower or end horizontal wire of the fence. The coiling devices proper are carried by said swinging arm or frame E and comprise a spool F, journaled at the end of a frame 10 and rotatable therein to permit the wire forming the vertical parts of the woven fence to be delivered therefrom, said frame 10 being itself j ournaled at one end within the frame E to permit it and said spool to be rotated around the horizontal wires of the fence. To this end-this frame 10 is fixed upon a shaft G, suitably journaled in the frame, and said shaft is provided with a bevel-gear H,fixed on its end remote from said frame 10 and intermeshed with a bevel-pinion I, fixed upon a shaft J, that is journaled in said frame E and has an operating-handle or crank K at its free end.

The bevel-wheel H is provided with slots 11, reaching from the circumference nearly to the center thereof.

When the cross-head and its attachments are raised to the top of the standard A, the top or upper horizontal wire is placed in the upper notch 4: of the standard. The elbowarm E is carried up and out, as seen in Fig. 2. The bevel-wheel H is turned so that the slots 11 are vertical, when said elbow-arm is lowered so that the slot 11 embraces the top horizontal wire, which as well as the other horizontal wires are firmly secured to the standard A by the rod B, as above described.

The wheel and its supporting arms or frame are then revolved, and its wire is thus carried around the horizontal wire with one or more coils, as may be desired. The frame and wheel are then permitted to descend to the nexthorizontal wire, which is wrapped in the same manner until the lower or last one is reached, and the vertical wire woven around the same, after which said vertical wire is severed by the blades and 16, and the cross-head and its attachments are then carried by means of handles 8 and 9 to the top of the standard A. The horizontal wires during this process are supported by and aid in the support of the standard A, which is moved laterally along and upon said wires as far as may be desired in reference to the desireddistance between the vertical wires.

M is a brace-rod extending outward and downward from the top of the standard A parallel with the horizontal wire, the outer end of which terminates in a fork or recess which embraces the top horizontal wire and acts as a guide in moving the machine along the line of the fence.

It will be seen that I have provided a simple, cheap, light, durable, and eiiicient machine which may be quickly and easily operated, and one in which the construction is such as to permit the frame E to be raised from the horizontal wire without having to raise the cross-head.

Having thus fully described my said improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fence machine, the combination with the upright, and a vertically-movable cross -head thereon, of an elbow -arm fulcrumed upon said cross-head and having at its free end a vibratory or swinging movement-upward and laterally in a line at right angles to the line of the horizontal wires of the fence, a rotatable spool carried by said arm, a shaft for revolving said spool, a bevelgear on said shaft having slots for the horiaround the horizontal wires, consisting of an elbow-arm fulcrumed upon said cross 'head and having at its free end a vibratory or swinging movement upward and laterally in a line at right angles to the .line of the hori; zontal wires of the fence, a rotatable spool carried by said arm, a shaft for revolving said spool, a bevel-gear on said shaft having slots for the horizontal wires, a bevel-pinion meshed with said gear, and an operatinghandle on the shaft of said pinion, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM N. PARRISH.

-Witnesses W. T. DENNIS, JONATHAN C. BooNE. 

